Working With You

Flawless Execution, from Design through Distribution

High-quality plastic components are just the beginning of the advantages you gain with Dickten Masch Plastics.

When you work with us, we take a big-picture approach – fully invested in Lean manufacturing principles and backed by comprehensive capabilities and expanding global reach – to execute even your toughest projects flawlessly and cost-effectively. From design all the way through distribution, we uncover ways to reduce cycle times, consolidate the supply chain, eliminate steps and, ultimately, create stronger and more cost-effective products.

Thermoplastics Technologies Applied to Your Advantage

We’re equipped with thermoplastic injection molding presses from 30 to 3,000 tons, producing a full range of high-performance resin—with a focus on engineered materials and advanced molding methods including.

Multi-Shot Molding

In-Mold Decorating

Gas Assist

Insert and Over Molding

Microcellular Molding

Elastomeric Molding

Just as important, our team has the expertise and experience to apply these processes and technologies to your greatest advantage. Whether it’s in engineering, tooling, production or value-added operations, our team’s broad perspective, expanding capabilities and fierce commitment ensure flawless, cost-effective execution on every project we undertake.

Thermoset: Blending Tradition with New Technology

No company offers a greater breadth of thermoset molding processes, combined with technical expertise, than Dickten Masch Plastics. Whatever you need—parts with stringent tolerances; heat, chemical and creep resistance; dielectric properties; great aesthetics; and the toughest operating requirements—you’ll find the right solution here.

Processes include injection, compression/transfer and hybrid variations, on presses ranging from 55 to 800 tons. Our company’s proven thermoset expertise—a tradition that goes back to the 1950s—is supported by innovative technologies including:

Scientific Molding methods that pay close attention to the material in your process, through RJG and other monitoring technology, to maintain the most consistent, repeatable process.

Dielectric Cure Sensing a leading-edge technique to monitor what’s happening to the material in the mold at all times, maximizing precision, speeding cycle time and getting high-quality products to market faster than ever.

Customers also turn to us for in-house engineering services, tooling and a full complement of value-added manufacturing operations including vendor managed inventory (VMI), for a one-stop solution that improves their whole product.

Complex Assemblies to Consolidate Your Supply Chain

As an ISO / TS 16949:2009-certified partner to leading OEMs in automotive, medical, hand and power tools and other markets, DMP delivers complete, high-quality assemblies of a variety of complex components and finished products.

Dipsticks and auto tubes

Hammers, screwdrivers and other tools

Electrical housings

Food warmer sub-assemblies

We’re an assembly house with proven, vertically integrated, cross-functional capabilities. Customers count on us to bring all the pieces together—fasteners, purchased parts, metals, plastics, o-rings, etc.

When you turn to us for your assemblies, you gain advantages including:

Streamlined supply chain

Smaller carbon footprint

Direct accountability for quality

Increased speed to market

Efficient inventory and supply chain management

A Proven Dipstick Partner to the World’s Best OEMs

Dipsticks and tubes are critical components full of challenges. You need a supplier you can count on to overcome every obstacle—while delivering the high quality and cost efficiency the marketplace demands. Look no further than Dickten Masch Plastics.

Engine oil indicators

Transmission oil indicators

Over-molded, pinned and cam lock handles

Flat blade, round wire or cable design

In DMP, you’ve found a proven, single-source partner for your dipstick supply chain. We’re an ISO / TS 16949:2009 certified, Tier One supplier to many of the world’s leading automotive OEMs. Some 70% of the work we do is in engine and transmission applications for a wide range of vehicles and markets.

You’ll appreciate the many advantages our diverse expertise provides, helping you make cost, quality and delivery improvements throughout your value stream. Like many of our customers, you may find you want to work with us on additional jobs, as well.

Because when you choose DMP, we’ll own your project and take care of you better than anyone else can. In dipsticks and more, that’s how our expertise becomes your advantage.

From Tool Transfer, to Total Transformation

If you need to transfer existing tool programs from one supplier to another, there’s no shortage of molders eager to serve your need.

So why choose Dickten Masch Plastics? Our company was founded in 1941 as a tool and die shop; we have the experience, processes, project management skills and technology to optimize your tools quickly, with minimum disruption to your business. But we also bring a lot more to the table …

Whenever you’re transferring a tool, you should look at it as an opportunity for improvement—of the molds themselves, and of your whole product. That’s why, in addition to our proven process for fast tool transfer and startup, we’re committed to looking deeper into the needs of your program.